Panopticon

was expected in these conditions (because of the plague almost every interactions must have been stopped in the interest of getting rid of the disease). (Foucault, 1975) The Panopticon instead of exercising power from several sides emphasises the importance and perfection of the surveillance focus from one place. The Panopticon is a building which has an annual part in the periphery and a tower in the centre. Next to omitting little details its most important feature is the ability to see into every

aforementioned, Foucault noticed a development in the nature of punishment, this is underlined by his understanding that punishment passed on from torture to imprisonment. The shift in the content of punishment is symbolized by Bentham’s vision of a panopticon because it’s an example where prisoners are aware they are unsure whether they are always under surveillance and spend the day duly in their cells; isolation is torture of the soul, and lastly Foucault also notes a ‘broader change in the social

developed in hospitals, asylums, schools and most notably, prisons. Thus, Foucault focused on Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon, developed in the late 1970’s, to illustrate how hierarchal observation affects the individual. The emergence of panopticon like architecture allowed for power to be effective, and economic – one guard can watch many inmates. Accordingly, the use of the panopticon in prisons allows for a hierarchal observation because whether or not someone is watching, prisoners are made to

religious service. This essay will argue the presence of different elements of power in the synagogue we visited as discussed in Malory Nye’s Religion: The Basics. The reverence for the Torah resembles Michel Foucault’s idea of the power of the panopticon, which parallels the distinct power of the Torah. I will also argue that, based on the interactions between the rabbi and the participants at the service, Antonio Gramsci’s concept of hegemony was not properly represented in the synagogue. The

maintain their position” (p339) in a given discourse. By responding to the administrator’s questions, parents are subjecting themselves to the dominance of the questioner. In other words, parents are assuming the position of the oppressed. Within the panopticon, the oppressed are in the periphery, individualized and under the surveillance of the watchful eyes in the tower. In this case, the power of the administrators is dependent on the conformity of parents. Similarly, in schools, teachers, administrators

inspection part affording the most perfect view of every cell." (Bentham, 1798:195). This is how Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher, described the Panopticon, an institutional building designed to make the people surveilled unable to know when they were observed. Years later, as forms of power changed and transformed throughout time, the Panopticon becomes the perfect analogy for Michel Foucault to explain the advent of a new form of dominance: Disciplinary power. This form of power, strictly related

Religion is potentially one of the single most influential concepts in our history as people. Power in religion divides social groups and those groups contain a tiny portion of a ruling elite group who make use of power and control others. In social groups, individuals who are inferior or subordinate are dealt with as subjects by the ones who exert more control and are compelled to accept societal norms free willingly while those who are superior hold power. A Pentecostal church uses powerful mechanisms

Families were confined to their households and failure to comply with daily roll calls, limited food rations, and immobility resulted in death. The Panopticon created by Bentham provides further support for the concept of constant visibility. This was an architectural arrangement that ensured constant surveillance and individualization of inmates. The Panopticon was considered a source of automatic power because possible observation and examination by guards created order among inmates. The

“Antlers” by Rick Bass, the characters’ constant awareness of society attitudes influences them to question what they think,say, or do. People can come see the valley whenever they like, demonstrating how the valley operates as a panopticon institution: “ In fact, any panopticon institution, … my

incorporated to many institutions in modern society. Government and institutions gain control through discipline and people’s fear of punishment. Panopticism uses surveillance to change the behavior of a person mentally rather than physically. The Panopticon is a prison created by Jeremy Bentham that was designed so that the prisoners could be seen at all times by the guard but the prisoners were not able to see the guard. Light was shined at the prisoners through a tower at the center of the prison